Last meetingIn the last matchup between these two clubs, the Flyers erased a 3-0 deficit with three second-period markers, but ultimately fell to the Senators, 4-3, in a shootout on March 31, 2012. Wayne Simmonds, Sean Couturier and Braydon Coburn each scored in regulation for the Flyers. Ottawa’s Jason Spezza and Milan Michalek beat former Flyer Sergei Bobrovsky in the shootout to lift the Sens to a victory.

Saturday will mark the first of three games between the Flyers and Senators this season. In the 2011-12 series, the Flyers went 2-1-1 against Ottawa and have earned at least one point in eight of their last 10 home games versus the Sens.

Previous gamesIn his first game back with the orange and black, Simon Gagne scored a goal to help the Flyers come away with a 4-1 victory over the Washington Capitals on Thursday. Claude Giroux had a goal and an assist and Max Talbot recorded his first tally of the 2013 campaign. Washington’s Joel Ward ruined Ilya Bryzgalov’s shutout bid by scoring his sixth goal of the season with just 2:09 remaining in the game.